John Vester Wentworth

JOHN VESTER WENTWORTH

SSG John V. Wentworth arrived in Vietnam June 27, 1970 and was assigned to A/2-501 IN. KIA: 04/12/1971 Panel: 04W Line: 121. John was our 2004 SGA recipient. More here.

PHOTOS

Back - Owens (FO), Horton (Hurricane), Unknown, SSG Wentworth, Hatfield, Grisby
Front: SSG Davis, Hindsman, Ted Williams
Cache off FSB Brick - mid 70

Front: Wentworth, Lindsey, Ivy
Back - Patterson, Delbert

JOHN VESTER WENTWORTH - SGT - E6 - Army - Regular - 101st Airborne Division - Santa Clara, CA. His tour began on Jun 27, 1970. Casualty was on Apr 12, 1971 in THUA THIEN, SOUTH VIETNAM HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY, GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE. Body was recovered. Panel 04W - Line 121

NOTES FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS

In 2018 Jim Zwit wrote the following in our Guestbook:

My name is Jim Zwit. I served with D/2/501 and was involved in the recovery mission of SSG John V. Wentworth on April 13-16, 1971. I was WIA on 15April as we suffered 8 KIA and 13 WIA during the mission that was unable to recover your comrade. As a matter of fact, two of our KIA from that battle, Lt. Paul McKenzie and Jerry Stearns, were unable to be recovered due to the intense fire from the NVA. I do believe that all three were recovered close to a month later. I have some after action reports and would like to share them with your company. If there is anyone with knowledge of what happened on 12April71, I would appreciate if you could contact me so that I can fill in some blanks regarding that time. Perhaps we can help answer each others questions. Thanks

Jim Zwit
D/2/501
jrzwit@ameritech.net
708-712-2692